Pesticide residues and heavy metals, originating from diverse sources such as agricultural practices and industrial activities, pose substantial risks to human health and the ecological environment.For instance, residues of organophosphorus pesticides may damage the human nervous system, while heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium accumulate in
Improvement of a synthetic lure for Anopheles gambiae using compounds produced by human skin microbiota
Abstract Background Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is considered to be highly anthropophilic and volatiles of human origin provide essential cues during its host-seeking behaviour.A synthetic blend of three human-derived volatiles, ammonia, lactic acid and tetradecanoic acid, attracts A.gambiae.In addition, volatiles produced by human skin bacteri
The impact of reminiscent music therapy and robot-assisted rehabilitation on older stroke patients: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundStroke is the main disease that causes the SHOWER CADDY burden of neurological disease, leading to upper limb dysfunction and affecting their self-care abilities.Robot-assisted rehabilitation therapy has been gradually used in the rehabilitation of upper limb function after stroke.However, it would be beneficial to explore auxiliary inter
Bacteriophage therapy as a treatment strategy for orthopaedic-device-related infections: where do we stand?
Antibiotic resistance represents a key challenge of the 21st century.Since the pipeline of new antibiotics in development is limited, the introduction of alternative antimicrobial strategies is urgently required.Bacteriophage therapy, the use of bacterial viruses to selectively kill bacterial pathogens, Foosball is re-emerging as a potential strate
Graph embedding approaches for social media sentiment analysis with model explanation
ChatGPT, the revolutionary chat agent launched in November 2022, is still an active topic of discussion among technology enthusiasts.This open-ended chatbot allows human-like conversations with it on almost all topics since it was trained on millions of documents and developed as a large language model.Since its inception, there have been several d